| Anatrachyntis acris | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Anatrachyntis |
| Species: | A. acris |
| Binomial name | |
| Anatrachyntis acris (Meyrick, 1911) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Anatrachyntis acris is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911, and is known from the Seychelles. [2]
The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera. These are small moths with narrow wings whose tiny larvae feed internally on the leaves, seeds, stems, etc. of their host plants. About 1500 species are described. The taxonomic family is most diverse in the Australian and Pacific region with about 780 species.
Anatrachyntis is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae. Some authors include it in Pyroderces.
Pyroderces is a genus of cosmet moths. It belongs to subfamily Cosmopteriginae. Some authors include Anatrachyntis here.
Anatrachyntis badia, the Florida pink scavenger, is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1962. It is found in the southern United States from Florida to California and as far north as Maryland. It is an introduced species in Europe, where it has been recorded infrequently from Italy, Greece, Spain, Malta,the United Kingdom, Poland and Turkey through accidental importation in pomegranates. In Germany, it was first recorded in 2011 in a tropical greenhouse in a zoological garden, where caterpillars where found living in colonies of the mealybug Palmicultor lumpurensis on bamboo. It has also been recorded from Hawaii.
Anatrachyntis amphisaris is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922, and is known from Sri Lanka.
Anatrachyntis biorrhizae is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Sinev in 1986, and is known from Russia.
Anatrachyntis centrophanes is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915, and is known from India.
Anatrachyntis coriacella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Snellen in 1901, and is known from Indonesia (Java), India, Malaysia, Mauritius, United States and Australia.
Anatrachyntis cyma is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by John David Bradley in 1953 and is known from Fiji.
Anatrachyntis dactyliota is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931, and is known from Peninsular Malaysia.
Anatrachyntis euryspora is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922, and is known from Fiji.
Anatrachyntis hemipelta is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1917, and is known from India.
Anatrachyntis japonica is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Kuroko in 1982, and is known from Japan.
Anatrachyntis lunulifera is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1934, and is known from the Marquesas Archipelago.
Anatrachyntis megacentra is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923, and is known from Fiji.
Anatrachyntis mesoptila is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897, and is known from Queensland, Australia.
Anatrachyntis mythologica is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1917, and is known from Sri Lanka.
Anatrachyntis paroditis is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1928, and is known from the Pacific, including Fiji, south-east Asia and the Seychelles.
Anatrachyntis rhizonympha is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1924, and is known from India.
Anatrachyntis strangalota is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922, and is known from southern India.
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